Image specialist Andy Saunders on mining NASA's archives for the ultimate record of America's early space programs ...

On 20 February 1962, NASA astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth. The mission was part of NASA’s Mercury human spaceflight programme and came just nine months after Soviet ...

James McDivitt, a former NASA astronaut who commanded the Gemini IV and Apollo 9 missions, died in his sleep last week in Tucson, Arizona, NASA said in a statement Monday. He was 93. McDivitt was ...

The space agency doesn't seem to save any money by outsourcing its missions to private companies, according to the analysis.

The Mercury program's name, chosen by Abe Silverstein in 1958, was inspired by the Roman messenger god, aligning with a pre-existing tradition of using Greco-Roman mythological names for space ...

NASA has named its new class of astronaut candidates. The space agency introduced the four men and six women who comprise its ...

Led by billionaire Jared Isaacman, a former nominee to lead NASA, the mission reached a number of historic milestones ... were selected in 1959 as the original "Mercury Seven." Prior to the new groups ...

With the addition of these 10 individuals, NASA has recruited 370 astronaut candidates since selecting the original Mercury Seven in 1959. “Today, our mission propels us even further as we prepare for ...

The 2025 class, Nasa’s 24th since its original Mercury Seven, features a historic majority of women, six out of ten.